In this episode, Adah and Chelsea sit down to discuss the suffrage movement and how it left out BIPOC women. They cover both the historical implications of the suffrage movement, as well as the suppression of BIPOC voters and other marginalized communities that we see today.
0:20 History of Suffrage
2:02 BIPOC Suffragists
3:14 Who Wasn't Included in Suffrage?
3:52 BIPOC Rights to Vote
6:48 Literacy Tests, Voter ID Laws, Addresses, and Poll Taxes
8:13 More About Literacy Tests
10:25 More About Poll Taxes
11:16 Suppressing Indigenous Voters
12:10 Working-Class Voters
13:38 Harris County Voter Suppression
15:41 Benefits of Mail-In Voting
17:15 BIPOC Women
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Resources
History of Suffrage
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/17/us/suffrage-movement-photos-history.html
Barriers to Voting in the US
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/barriers-to-voting-in-the-us/
Texas and Harris County
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-reduces-mail-in-ballot-drop-off-locations-2020-election/
Voters sue Texas governor over ballot drop box limit
Indigenous Voter Barriers
https://www.npr.org/2016/10/11/497563881/native-americans-face-unique-barriers-to-voting
Voter Suppression Black Voters
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/07/poll-prri-voter-suppression/565355/
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/17/us/suffrage-movement-photos-history.html
